Colin Mayer

Profile

Colin Mayer is Emeritus Professor of Management Studies at the Saïd Business School and Visiting Professor at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford.  He is a Fellow of the British Academy, the Centre for Economic Policy Research and the European Corporate Governance Institute, an Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, an Honorary Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford and St Anne’s College, Oxford.  He was co-chair of the Scottish Government Business Purpose Commission, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Oxford Playhouse, the UK Government Natural Capital Committee, the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal and the International Advisory Board of the Securities and Exchange Board of India.  He was chairman of Oxera Ltd. between 1986 and 2010 and a director of the energy modelling company, Aurora Energy Research Ltd between 2013 and 2020.  He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours.  His research focuses on corporate finance, governance, regulation, taxation, and the role of the corporation in contemporary society. Between 2017 and 2021, he led the British Academy enquiry into “the Future of the Corporation” and his most recent book Capitalism and Crises: How to Fix Them is published by Oxford University Press.